Bicycle Talk

Bicycle Talk. Episode 472 February  11th 2026.     Ron's Rant:  Trump Administration to roll back milage requirements for large trucks and SUV's.  Also trying to cap gas taxes per state. QBP Cancels annual winter event in Minneapolis.  On a positive side:  Nonprofits, businesses, and elected officials asking congress not to cut funding. Black Cyclists […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 471 February  4th 2026.     Ron's Rant:  Comments from Last Weeks Show  Monday's Headlines Are for Alex Pretti. Monday's Headlines Are for Alex Pretti Republican Rep. Thomas Walsh of Hooksett NH.   On a positive side:  Shout out to Bill Murray …… and Groundhog day.  Heavy equipment has arrived for Phase […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 470 January 28th 2025.     Ron's Rant: The Talk of D.C.: Rumors Flying that Trump Admin Wants to Undo Bike Lanes in Capital. And on another rant NJ:.  On a positive side:  Minneapolis retailer helping plan Pretti memorial rides nationwide.  Wolf Tooth Components employees ‘standing in solidarity’ with Minneapolis.  Mechanical minute […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 469January 21st 2026.     Ron's Rant:  Hello Phoenix. Police will no longer give warnings for jaywalking, handing out citations instead.   On a positive side:  How's that NY Resolution going?  Improved fitness? How Long Does the Average New Year’s Resolution Last?  The Best Bicycle Festivals Worth Traveling to in 2026 . The […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 468 January  14th 2025.     Ron's Rant: Motorized vehicles finally recognized as violent weapons? And, NJ  S4834/A6235.   On a positive side: Not all cyclists are bad.  Happy New Year!  Mechanical minute and cycling tips:  The cervical fusion blues.  Ron talks about the difficult comeback after a cervical fusion. Increase Cycling […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 467 December  31st 2025.  Ron's Rant: The bad news on 2025 as presented by Streetsblog USA.  What went bad in transportation in 2025.   On a positive side:  Happy New Year’s Eve!  And, What do Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands have in common?  It's not endless sunshine or mild […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 466 December  24th 2025.     Ron's Rant: U.S bike imports were down 24% in units and 16% in dollar value through September this year, according to new data released this week.  On a positive side: Five Million Rides and Counting: Paris's Busiest Bike Lane Sets Record.  Streetsblog's ‘Car-Free Carolers' Bring the […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 465  December 17th  2025.     Ron's Rant: Why aren't governments paying people to bike to work?  Who Rides on the Sidewalk? According to o NYPD, Just Blacks and Hispanics. Really?    On a positive side: Cyclocross Nationals results. New England still kicking some but.  Youtube site worth visiting  Oh The Urbanity!  […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 464  December  10th 2025.     Ron's Rant: So with the finishing of the traffic calming project in Storrs on route 275 I can't help but make a few comments.  On a positive side:  Completing massive CT rail trail seen to boost more than fitness. It could be major economic boon too. […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 463  December 3rd 2025.     Ron's Rant:  Winter Sun. Yes that pesky low in the sky sun that we experience in the short months.  On a positive side:  Tunnels for cycling! Let's hear it for Cargo Bikes. Mechanical minute and cycling tips:    What are HUD glasses? Are they the future […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 462  November 26th 2025.     Ron's Rant:  Is professional bicycle racing getting too dangerous. 6 deaths in the last 2 year.  You think that's bad, look at cycling on the roads in the US. Brussels' Pedestrian Zone Is So Crowded It's Restricting Bikes  On a positive side:  The Dutch Intersection. Immigrant […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 461  November 19th 2025.     Ron's Rant:  The Deadly Problem with Bike Lanes.  Trump to decimate transportation:   On a positive side:  Interesting things going on in Chicago  Ron talks about his recent Chicago trip.  Mechanical minute and cycling tips:  What is the 75 rule in cycling?   Bicycling in Chicago.  Trump […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 460 November 12th 2025.     Ron's Rant: Are you a fast rider? Or in your mind do you think you are?   Peloton bike recall.   On a positive side: Around 80 percent of local transportation referendums passed muster with voters last week.  Go Huskies! Basketball season has begun! Mechanical minute […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 459 October 29th  2025.     Ron's Rant:  The ‘Problem' With E-Bikes? The Super Fast Illegal Ones. Slowing Down to Save Lives: The Urgency of Traffic Calming .  Trump administration is no longer hiding its disdain for walking and biking projects..   On a positive side:  States Have More Power Than They […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 458 October 22nd 2025.     Ron's Rant:   Anti-Cycling Arguments.  Are you as tired as I am hearing from the folks that seem to hate that we are on the road?  On a positive side: Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You'll Hear This Year. List of America's Safest Cities […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 457 2025.     Ron's Rant: Door Dash to put autonomous  robots on bike lanes. And, how many times do I have to say this. Rail trails. Multi use trains and bike lanes are to be respected. If you are a speed demon or an e-bike racer, stay off the trails please. […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 456 October 1st 2025.     Ron's Rant:   Scooters on Campus!  Article from last week's daily campus.  How safe is bicycle racing?  On a positive side:  The Worlds!   I'm back on my bike after 90 days!  Mechanical minute and cycling tips:  Academy and certification to become a bicycle technition.  George […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 454 September 10th 2025.     Ron's Rant:  Riding too fast on your e-bike?  New rules in New Haven CT. And the Vuelta goes political. Really, do we need that in Bicycle racing?. Sean Duffey at it again.   USA Cycling bans transgender athletes from female categories beginning September 15, 2025.   […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 453 September 3rd 2025.     Ron's Rant:Oh my pain in the neck continues but getting better.    On a positive side: Speaking of PT. I have been released!  A long way to go still but getting better. The Vuelta! 1 week down 2 to go  Rode with Fran on the Airline trail […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 452 August 27th 2025.     Ron's Rant:  Bicycle thieves, the lowest form of humanity. No one is exempt on this one.    On a positive side:  Welcome back students! Did you bring your bike?   The Vuelta!    Shout out to the Town of Mansfield adding traffic calming to South Eagleville […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 450 August 6th, 2025.     Ron's Rant: Drivers struck and killed 7,148 people in the United States last year, enough to fill 31 Boeing 737s, according to a new report from GHSA. One in four are hit and run’s. Wake up people And I warned you:  The Tariffs are on. On […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 449 July 30th 2025.     Ron's Rant:   Another bump in the road episode 3. Slow down ebikes in the city but not cars?  What about the big motorized vehicles. Reducing speeds saves lives. Let's not discriminate against bicycles.  On a positive side:  Quiet Corner Bicycle Tour last  weekend! Shout out to […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 451 August 13th 2025.     Ron's Rant: Another bump in the road episode 5.   The Bicycle trail/Lane/trail Argument. Everyone has an opinion. And What's with the Sharrows? Why they are a bad idea.   On a positive side: Listener Joel LaChance reports on the expanding bicycle education program in New […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 448 July 23rd 2025.     Ron's Rant:    Another bump in the road. Episode 2 after the pain. Well, pain is still here but management is improving or I'm  getting better at this.   On a positive side:  Watching the tour?  Are these guys fast or what?   Fastest tour ever!  Quiet Corner Bicycle […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 447 July 15th 2025.     Ron's Rant:   Where have you been Ron? Ron spends this week filling you in on his epic journey through another bump in the road..   On a positive side:  It will be a long journey but it appears the problem I was having with my […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 446 June 25th 2025.     Ron's Rant:   Regulating e-bike speeds in NYC but not car speeds? More driving tends to make communities less prosperous. Feeling safe yet?  MASA  (make America safe again) Three CPSC commissioners sue Trump over termination  On a positive side:  CPSC Member reinstated after judge rules firing […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 445 June 11th 2025.     Ron's Rant:   Cars Make Us More Lonely Does car dependence make people unsatisfied with life?  The specter of road violence keeps people from interacting. And you can blame cars for that.  On a positive side:  China made helmets and bike trailers free of tariffs for […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 444 June 4th  2025.     Ron's Rant: The loss of an old friend. Ron dedicates this week's show to Hampton resident and longtime friend and cyclist, Glen Newcombe. On a positive side: The Giro has finished and oh what a spectacular finish it was.  A tip of the Cycling cap to […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 443  May 28th 2025.     Ron's Rant:   Ride of Silence, very disappointing this year.  The bike helmet debate rages on as study finds drivers view cyclists wearing safety gear as ‘less human'.  On a positive side:  It's May, It's  Bike Month  It's also  memorial day weekend so thank you to […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 442 May 21st 2025.     Ron's Rant:   The Ride of Silence.  The US Department of Transportation is threatening to withhold funds. And the Child in the White House calls out Pete Buttigieg for riding a bicycle.  On a positive side:  May is still Bike Month!  It's the  2025 Giro d […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 441 May 14th 2025.     Ron's Rant: Hartford may remove bike lanes?  Really?  So you can park more Cars?  Did i say this already, Really?   Hartford may hit the brakes on bike lanes. Cyclists are in uproar.  The NYPD keeps ignoring a law that allows cyclists to pass through a red […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 440  May  7th 2025.     Ron's Rant:    The Tariffs!   PeopleForBikes preparing letter to Trump asking for tariff relief. Leave our bicycles alone!!  On a positive side: Energy fair this past weekend. Working with Bike Mansfield preparing the bicycles for the upcoming  4th grade bicycle program.  And of course, the […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 437 April 16th 2025.     Ron's Rant:   On a positive side:  Mechanical minute and cycling tips:   Content:   Events and Finishing Points.  2 items, 1. Tariffs. 2.   Bike carnage:  ‘The Carnage is Intolerable': Rep. Jamie Raskin on Why Bike Safety is Becoming Bipartisan.  On a positive side: Frannie […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 436 April 2nd 2025.    Ron's Rant: Get off the road! Why people hate cyclists and other issues with bicycles on the road. Get over yourselves.  More in the show. On a positive side:  Frannie and I are Off to Chicago this weekend to see my Son Greg get married!   Mechanical […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 435 February 26th 2025.    Ron's Rant:  I'm back, more rants about tubeless tires. If I was not made aware of so many failures I would not mention this as much.    On a positive side:  The 6th annual Natchaug Epic. And yes, Your old pal “PedlinRon” was there. And yes, Epic […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 434 March 19th 2025.    Ron's Rant:   How's your backup bicycle chain supply? Chains subject to steel tariffs; some cables and other products, too. Secretary Duffy directed staff to start the process of clawing back millions in discretionary dollars for bike lanes.  On a positive side: 500 people attend the Philly Bike […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 433 March 12th 2025.     Ron's Rant:  All you curmudgeons who criticized Tadej Pogacar for saying the “S” word in his interview after the Strada Bianchi. Really “S” does happen.  On a positive side: Voters Approved $1.9 Billion to Support Better Places to Bike.  And, Just two weeks away from this […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 432  March 5th 2025.    Ron's Rant:  The Sound of Silence: Mayor Adams Ducks Questions About Trump's Move to Kill Congestion Pricing.   On a positive side: More from the Chiropractor. Great video from “The War on Cars” about a solid promotion needed to get bikes back into the news.  The Untold […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 431 February 19th 2025.  .   Ron's Rant:  Sorry I missed you all last week. Where is the micro mobility that is so alive in Europe?   And just when it's starting to have an impact, Donnie Trump is still threatening to kill congestion pricing in New York City, even if he […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 430 February 5th 2025.   Ron's Rant: More complaints on the new administrations transportation policies and changes. ‘Is it  appropriate? Is it legal?’   The bike industry is currently in the middle of its worst-ever recession  On a positive side:  Watched the UCI Cyclocross world’s races yesterday in full French mud fest […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 429 January 29th 2025.   Ron's Rant:  Reality show and Fox News host  Sean Duffy’s nomination as transportation secretary. Really?   On a positive side:  Watched # 11 and # 12  of the UCI Cyclocross world’s races yesterday. Yay YouTube for the free broadcasts!  Coming up this weekend,  2025 UCI Cyclocross World […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 427 January 22nd 2024.   Ron's Rant: Talked to yet another walker last week complaining about bicycle trail etiquette.  Confusion as Portland's Road Death Toll is Alarmingly High.   Timothee Chalamet gets a bicycle parking fine.  On a positive side: Yay, no Jury duty. Chicago doing things right. MLK Statement.  Mechanical minute and […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 426 January 15th 2025   Ron's Rant:   Is there ever a good time for Jury Duty?  More on this next week or maybe not for 2 weeks depending on the outcome. The U.S. has seven parking spaces for every car .  California Wildfires effect bicycles too. On a positive side: New […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 425 January 1st 2025.   Ron's Rant: 2024. The good, the bad, the ugly.    On a positive side: Happy New Year!  Major accomplishements in 2024. Ron talks about the year in the sport of Cycling.   Mechanical minute and cycling tips:  Top 10 cycling innovations that “weren’t like the others” in 2024   Content:  […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 424 December 25th 2024.   Ron's Rant: UL Safety Standards legislation cut from the latest budget balance bill.  Setting the safety standards for Lithium batteries was removed as Congress reached a compromise.   Once again the safety of people who ride bicycles and use them for transportation, is not important in this country On a […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 423 December 18th 2024.   Ron's Rant:   Ontario Premier Doug Ford Very bike unfriendly guy.  On a positive side: US National Cyclocross Results. Locals shine.  Mechanical minute and cycling tips:   Bottom line: Ron's tip of the week? Ride your bike, it really could save your life. Getting to the heart of it all. […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 422 December 11th 2024.   Ron's Rant: Where was PedlinRon last week?  Size matters. New information on the deadly vehicle size increase.   On a positive side:  ​​More evidence that exercise can have beneficial effects on cognitive performance.  Dublin World cup Cyclocross, US National Cyclocross Championships rapidly approaching, And Project Mayhem Cyclocross series […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 421 November 20th 2024.   Ron's Rant:  If your class 3 e-bike can travel at motorized vehicle speed, GET OFF THE MULTI USE TRAILS AND USE THE ROAD WHERE YOU BELONG. Currently, about 97 percent of bike parts come from overseas, mostly from Trump's least-favored nation, China — and the incoming president […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 420 November 13th 2024.   Ron's Rant:  Ron's Laters CPR Test. Simple tests made difficult for the sake of testing.  On a positive side:   Happy Veterans Day.  Heading to Chicago to see my son Greg. Election news, not all that bad. Mechanical minute and cycling tips: Winter Bicycle training tips. Ron shares […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 419 November 6th 2024.   Ron's Rant:   I know I said it last few shows but here we go again.  I'm reaching out to my younger audience here. Please Vote. Public Transportation is On the Ballot Across America. It's a Bicycle thing.   On a positive side: Wow! Student sign up for early […]